Tip-of-the-tongue Phenomenon by Ali Znaidi

Tip-of-the-tongue Phenomenon

You think it’s sugar at the tip

of the tongue. I agree.

Sugar sketching cupcakes on the

skyscape.

A mirage yielding real water.

Asphyxiated aspirations

re-animated.

Inside my brain, broken images

spackled.

& dream tastes sweet,

though I’m still under the tip-of-the-tongue

phenomenon.

Written on 28 02 2013

Originally published in The Siren on 05 02 2014

Mother Nature by Ali Znaidi

Mother Nature

From time to time,

try to take off your shoes,

& let the hot sand

caress your bare feet.

Let them feel the touches

of the scorching grains.

Let the grains infiltrate

your veins, while you ponder.

Heal your weary psyche

w/ the sand’s aroma.

&, always remember that

Earth is too great to

let two little feet

tread on its GRANDEUR.

16 10 2013

Untitled: A Nano Story by Ali Znaidi

Untitled: A Nano Story by Ali Znaidi

They celebrated their first date in a love motel. But they didn’t know their sweat would ooze through the tabloids’ sheets by the sunrise.

26 02 2014

Untitled: A Nano Story by Ali Znaidi

Untitled: A Nano Story by Ali Znaidi

She fixed her glossy lipstick and aimed the beam at him. “He is not an easy prey. I had to try something else,” she said as he didn’t react.

26 02 2014